A cancer diagnosis impacts the whole family. Providing care and support, dealing with stress and grief, managing finances and assuming a new role in the family can prove challenging for family members according to the American Cancer Society....
Breast cancer develops when the cells that make up healthy breast tissue progressively develop numerous genetic mutations. These mutations eventually allow the cell to proliferate rapidly and continually while evading cellular death. As the cancer...
A diagnosis of breast cancer can have a profound effect on the entire family, according to a report from researchers at the Dane-Farber Cancer Institute. Spouses and children undergo a variety of emotional responses for which they must find ways...
If a family member has advanced breast cancer, it can be a devastating blow to everyone. Advanced breast cancer is one of the later stages of the disease where tests indicate that the disease has spread to the lymph nodes and other areas of the...
Radiation treatments for cancer include external beam radiation therapy and internal radiation therapy treatments. When patients receive external beam radiation treatments, they are not radioactive and no precautions for the family are necessary....
According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer risk assessment, or assessing a patient's risk for breast cancer, identifies risk and estimates probability of breast cancer allowing appropriate preventive screening and risk reduction...
If you have ever researched black cohosh, chances are you have seen information regarding breast cancer. Herbalists have used black cohosh to treat painful menstruation and symptoms of menopause for centuries and women with breast cancer often use...
The growth and death of cells in the colon usually is carefully regulated by the body. Colon tumors, the Mayo Clinic explains, is the result of changes in cells in the colon that causes them to grow in an unregulated way. Sporadic genetic...
In women, breast cancer is the most common cancer in the United States, with 207,090 cases being diagnosed annually, according to the National Cancer Institute. A number of risk factors are linked to an increased potential of developing breast...
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death for women in the United States. Although there is no specific cause of this disease, there are many scientific associations: Epidemiological evidence links smoking, inactivity and poor...
Doctors classify cancer that begins in the thyroid into four different types, depending on how the cancer cells look under a microscope. The most common type of thyroid cancer is papillary, which grows and spreads slowly. The second most common...
Tamoxifen primarily treats estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. It prevents invasive breast cancer via blocking estrogen activity. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) states that tamoxifen is also used to treat breast cancer that has...
A colectomy is a surgical procedure in which the colon is removed. The colon is part of the large intestines, which is the latter portion of the digestive tract. A laparoscopic colectomy involves insertion of the surgeon's tools through multiple...
The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates that there will be 106,100 new cases of colon cancer in the United States in 2009. Information about colon cancer is often grouped with information about rectal cancer. The colon and the rectum are...
Cancer of the pancreas is on the increase in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute, NCI. It currently ranks fourth in causes of cancer deaths in the U.S. Pancreatic cancer arises in either of the two parts of the...
Colon cancer is one of the most deadly types of cancer, due primarily to the lack of obvious symptoms before the advanced stages. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent statistics in 2006 indicate that screenings for colon...
Uric acid is a chemical produced by your body as a byproduct of food intake and cell turnover. High uric acid levels, or hyperuricemia, result from increased production of uric acid, decreased elimination or a combination of these factors....
Colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine; rectal cancer is cancer of the last few inches of the colon. Due to their proximity, the medical community combine the two, referring to them as colorectal cancer. No specific cause exists as of yet,...
Chemotherapy is the use of chemical agents to fight cancer cells, according to the Geisinger Health System. Although chemotherapy can be an effective way to kill cancer cells, the chemicals--which are administered intravenously, orally or via body...
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in both American men and women, according to the Colon Cancer Alliance. The site states that treatment is most effective when detected...
Gastric cancer involves any presence of cancerous cells located throughout the digestive tract originating from the stomach. Several contributing factors can fuel this type of cancer, from hereditary predisposition to the presence of Helicobacter...
The thyroid--a small butterfly-shaped gland in the lower front of the neck--regulates the body's metabolism. There are many reasons why a person develops a lump in the thyroid, most of which are benign, reports MayoClinic.com. The treatment for a...
The colon (large intestine) and the rectum are responsible for the absorption of some nutrients and the compaction of fecal material. When the lining of the rectum and colon develops genetic abnormalities, it can lead to colorectal cancer....
Dr. Choi of Canada.com notes there are two types of cholesterol spots in eyes. The most common type is called xanthoma; they are soft, yellow bumps visible on the eyelids and are not harmful. The second type of cholesterol found in the eye is...
Antral carcinoma describes gastric cancer arising from the lining of the stomach in the portion of the stomach called the antrum. According to the American Cancer Society, ACS, the antrum is part of the lower portion of the stomach before the...
Colorectal cancer is a condition that commonly affects people over the age of 50, though it can manifest earlier than that in some patients. Colorectal cancer is the result of genetic mutations accumulating in the cells of the colon or rectum....
Blood carries nutrients and oxygen to organs of the body. This helps the human body to heal and provide immunity against foreign material such as viruses. Blood cancer attacks the human body's blood and bone marrow which is apart of the lymphatic...
The duodenum, the starting point of the small intestine, attaches to the stomach at one end and the jejunum, the middle portion of the intestine, at the other. The first of three sections making up the small intestine, the duodenum is short, only...
The Office of Rare Diseases Research (a branch of the National Institutes of Health) classifies rare diseases as those that affect fewer than 200,000 Americans. Most rare diseases are hereditary, which means they can be passed down from a person's...
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